Fort Myers-Cape Coral, FL MSA
Denominational Groups, 2000
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Congregational "adherents" include all full members, their children, and others who regularly attend services. The historically African American denominations are not included in the 2000 congregation and membership totals. Many are also missing in 1990 and most historically African American denominations are missing in the 1980 reports.
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Reports
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| Religious Bodies |
Theology |
Congregations |
Adherents |
% Change |
| Catholic Church |
Catholic |
+4 |
+46,031 |
157.1% |
| Assemblies of God |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+9,143 |
203.4% |
| Jewish Estimate |
Other Theology |
+3 |
+1,400 |
35.0% |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+1,399 |
95.2% |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Mainline Protestant |
+3 |
+979 |
23.7% |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The |
Other Theology |
+1 |
+702 |
71.3% |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
+601 |
9.5% |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+500 |
26.4% |
| Churches of Christ |
Evangelical Protestant |
-2 |
+413 |
37.6% |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+392 |
47.2% |
| Mennonite Church USA |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+358 |
131.6% |
| Church of the Nazarene |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+248 |
26.0% |
| Free Methodist Church of North America |
Evangelical Protestant |
+3 |
+192 |
127.2% |
| Salvation Army, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+160 |
109.6% |
| Presbyterian Church in America |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+149 |
27.2% |
| Evangelical Free Church of America, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+110 |
122.2% |
| Friends (Quakers) |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
+86 |
159.3% |
| Wesleyan Church, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+81 |
12.1% |
| Church of God of Prophecy |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
+67 |
40.9% |
| Christian and Missionary Alliance, The |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+23 |
1.5% |
| Apostolic Christian Church of America, Inc. |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
+10 |
43.5% |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
+6 |
1.1% |
| Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations |
Other Theology |
0 |
-2 |
-0.5% |
| Church of the Brethren |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-29 |
-12.6% |
| Baptist General Conference |
Evangelical Protestant |
0 |
-58 |
-37.4% |
| Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
-60 |
-35.7% |
| National Association of Congregational Christian Churches |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-73 |
-21.0% |
| Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-118 |
-18.7% |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod |
Evangelical Protestant |
+1 |
-159 |
-5.4% |
| United Methodist Church, The |
Mainline Protestant |
+2 |
-460 |
-3.4% |
| Episcopal Church |
Mainline Protestant |
0 |
-992 |
-20.9% |
| United Church of Christ |
Mainline Protestant |
-2 |
-1,161 |
-38.9% |
| Southern Baptist Convention |
Evangelical Protestant |
+8 |
-2,839 |
-13.5% |
| Conservative Baptist Association of America |
Evangelical Protestant |
-1 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America |
Orthodox |
0 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
| Orthodox Church in America: Territorial Dioceses |
Orthodox |
0 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
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Totals:
+26
| +57,099 |
+53.5% |
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The population of this county (or equivalent) in 1990 was 335,113; in 2000 it was 440,888. The total population changed 31.6%. The adherent totals for 1990 (113,928) represent 34.0% of the 1990 population. The adherent totals for 2000 (168,506) include 38.2% of the 2000 population. The totals represent the change in groups that reported in both 1990 and 2000 only. There is sufficient data for 33 groups to calculate 1990-2000 change. These 33 groups had 106,752 adherents in 1990 and 163,851 adherents in 2000, for a change of 53.5%
Sources
The 2000 data were collected by the Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies (ASARB) and includes statistics for 149 religious groups, including number of churches and adherents. Dale E. Jones, Sherri Doty, Clifford Grammich, James E. Horsch, Richard Houseal, Mac Lynn, John P. Marcum, Kenneth M. Sanchagrin and Richard H. Taylor supervised the collection. These data originally appeared in Religious Congregations & Membership in the United States, 2000, published by the Glenmary Research Center.
The 1990 data were collected by the Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies (ASARB) and include statistics for 132 religious groups, including number of churches and adherents. Martin B. Bradley, Norman M. Green, Jr., Dale E. Jones, Mac Lynn, and Lou McNeil supervised the collection. These data originally appeared in Churches and Church Membership in the United States, 1990, published by the Glenmary Research Center.
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